South Precinct officers today charged 38 persons with a variety of offenses as part of a joint operation with the State Board of Parole and Probation designed to ensure safety at the Board’s Blanton Avenue office.
South Flex, School Resource and Crime Suppression Unit officers stood by on the property as board employees searched reporting probationers and parolees along with the vehicles in which they arrived (the property is posted with signage alerting visitors that they are subject to search).
While most of the persons charged (28) received state misdemeanor offenses for driving on revoked or suspended licenses, arrests were also made for outstanding warrants, felony cocaine possession, unlawful weapon possession (a walking cane with a hidden sword), misdemeanor marijuana possession, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Today’s operation served as a warning by both the Board of Parole and Probation and Metro Police that illegal actions and contraband on state property, including the Blanton Avenue Parole and Probation office, will not be tolerated. Similar operations are likely to be held in the coming weeks.
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